The bill requires veterinarians working in Massachusetts to notify local law enforcement authorities if they suspect that an animal is being maltreated.
The unvaccinated horse from Mesa, in Franklin County, is showing progressive neurologic signs, including hind end paralysis.
Four years ago, in 2010, history was made when the Fdration Equestre Internationale World Equestrian Games (WEG) were held for the first time outside of
Learn about sweating’s role in the horses’ ability to cool and how extreme heat and humidity can affect their ability to perform.
Equine locomotion involves consistent patterns of limb movements that change in predictable ways when the horse is lame. Learn what to watch for.
This year’s inductees are Michelle LeBlanc, DVM, Dipl. ACT; Ernie Bailey, PhD, and Elwyn Firth, BVSc, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS.
The unvaccinated St. Croix County Quarter Horse mare is recovering after being treated by a veterinarian.
An investigation revealed that the horses likely died of complications relating to their ages, stress related to the relocation, and a shift in feed from pasture grass to hay.
Of the 575 total respondents, 450 (78%) said they have rescued a horse.
If your horse had strangles, would you be able to tell? He’d probably have those token swollen lymph nodes, right? It’s possible, but researchers recently determined that these signs alone aren’t the only ones that should prompt a strangles test.
Since starting Hannah under saddle three years ago, I’ve been willing her to either shrink or grow. A few inches shorter and she’d be a
Furosemide is currently the only recognized treatment for exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.
Officials announced last week that the first Lowndes County horse had tested positive for the disease.
Chris Byron, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, has joined the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech as an associate professor of large animal surgery in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences.
Rule changes involve when horses arrive at show grounds, X ray and blood sample collection, and more.
Researchers sought the most common causes of poisoning in Swiss equids. Toxic plants and medications topped the list.
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